Improvement in trunk-locks



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Letters Patent No. 99,553, (lated February 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-LOCKS.

The- Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

T o all whom lit may conce/rn:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. GAYLORD, of Terryville, in the county ofLitchfield, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprove ment iu Trunk-Locks and Hasps; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in `which.

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved trunk-lock and hasp.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section, through the linea: x, iig. l.

Figure 3 is a detail under-side view of the handle.

Figure 4-is a face view of a modified'form of the hasp.

Figure 5 is an edge view of the same.

Similar letters oi reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction oftrunk-locks and hasps, so as rto make them stronger, more convenient,and more ornamental than when constructed in the ordinaryunanner.

And it consists in the combination, with a baspplate, of a handle, soarranged, that when the trunk is locked, the latter will lie Hush withthe hemp-plate, andwhen the same is unlocked, will be thrown out so asto be conveniently laid hold of for raising the lid; and

lt also consists in providing the haspand look, either or both, with aiiexible covering of leather, enamelled cloth, or equivalent material,as hereinafter described.

A is the base-plate of the hasp, which is attached to the trunk-cover,and which has ears, B, attached to it near its ends, to receive thepivots of the ears of the hasp-plates C, to the free end of which thecatch D is attached in the ordinaryT manner.

E is the handle, by meansof which the cover is raisedwhen the .trunk isunlocked, andthe ears of which are pivoted to the ears B, of thebase-plate A.

Upon the ends or ears ot' the handle E are formed toes, c', which restupon the edge ot' the hasp-plate C.

To the under side of the handle E'are attached springs, lf, which bearagainst the base-plate A, as shown in fig. 2, so that when the lock isunlocked, the

- The outer suriice of the hasp may be covered with leather, enamellcdcloth, or other suitable iiexible n1ateria-l, lr, riveted, or otherwisesecurely attached to the metallic parts or platesof the husp, Vso that,should the said metallic parts of the ha-sp be accidentally broken, thesaid ijexible material may still hold the truuk closed. v i

The face or outer side of the lock H may also 'be Acovered with leather,enamelled c1oth,or othersuitable iiexible material, G.

Facing or covering the hasp and lock with the materia] G, not only givesa neat and ornamental uppearance to the hasp and lock, but it alsoenables the said lock and hasp to be made stronger, and at the same timediminishes the cost ofmannfact-m'e; since,

. when the lock and liasp are thus coverid, their f tces do not requireto be finished up. This` not only saves the cost oi'tinishing, but alsopre-vents the heads of the rivets and bolts from being ground down ushwith the surface of the said lock and hasp, thus `making them muchstronger. The covering G may be applied to any kind or style oflock andhasp.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination of a handleE, provided with springs, F, and toes, c', withthe hasp-plate C, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

' 2. The combination oi' the lexible covering, made of leather,enamelled cloth, or equivalent material, with the lock and hasp, eitheror both, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe-purpose set E. L. `GAYL() RD.

Witnesses Nflnvton BALDWIN, BnNJ.- WEBSTER, Jr.

